Asteraceae
Tropical threefold
Trixis inula
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Trixis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Tropical threefold
Synonyms
- Inula trixis L.
- Perdicium corymbosum Sessé & Moc. ex D.Don
- Perdicium havanense Kunth
- Perdicium laevigatum P.J.Bergius
- Perdicium radiale L.
- Prenanthes fruticosa Willd. ex Less.
- Solidago fruticosa Mill.
- Tenorea berteroi Colla
- Tenorea calyculata Bertero ex Colla
- Trixis adenolepis S.F.Blake
- Trixis chiantlensis S.F.Blake
- Trixis corymbosa D.Don
- Trixis deamii B.L.Rob.
- Trixis ehrenbergii Kunze
- Trixis frutescens Spreng.
- Trixis frutescens P.Browne
- Trixis frutescens var. angustifolia DC.
- Trixis frutescens var. angustifolia DC.
- Trixis frutescens var. frutescens
- Trixis frutescens var. glabrata Less.
- Trixis frutescens var. latifolia Less.
- Trixis frutescens var. obtusifolia Less.
- Trixis glabra D.Don
- Trixis havanensis (Kunth) Spreng.
- Trixis mexicana Moc. ex Less.
- Trixis radialis (L.) Lag.
- Trixis radialis (L.) Kuntze
- Trixis radialis var. pubescens Kuntze
- Trixis radialis var. radialis
- Trixis radialis var. subglabra Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- April, October to February (from 292 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Center for Urban Ecology, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Center for Urban Ecology, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Norrland, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Center for Urban Ecology, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Victor Perez Jr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Gonzalez Edgar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.